Although Singapore is one the richest
countries in Asia, there are many poor people, workers Students in its midst who cannot afford
the soaring food price and the high cost of living in Singapore.
Example:
- Many of the needy
are the silent workforce,foreign workers, Students.
Their salary is so low that
Singaporeans would not take these jobs. Most of their salaries are sent home to
their families or pay off up to a year’s worth of debts
Help is available for the needy. Yes,
there is such a thing as free lunch and dinner in Singapore. Some religious
associations and welfare groups provide free meals. The bills are sponsored by
members of these groups and business people.
Here are some of the places that
provide free meals:
v Shri Krishna Mandir. The Hindu religious group serves free vegetarian food from 11am to 10 pm daily. All are welcome.
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9 Lorong 29 Geylang 388065
Krishna murti |
Food making by volunteers |
v Singapore Buddhist Lodge. The Kim Yan Road temple serves free
vegetarian breakfast, lunch and dinner from 7am to 7pm. All are welcome
regardless of their race or religion. In the queue one can find all sorts of
people, from the homeless, unemployed, foreign students, foreign construction
workers and of course some freeloaders who work nearby.
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17-19
Kim Yam Road Singapore 239329
Buddha murti |
Food making by volunteers |
v The Central Sikh Temple. The temple in Jalan Bukit Merah
provides free vegetarian Indian lunches every day. ( take some thing to cover your head)
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Gurdwara Sahib Silat Road 8 Jalan Bukit Merah Singapore
169543
Food making |
Food service |
v Nativity Church. This Catholic Church
at the end of Upper Serangoon Road provides free breakfast and lunch every day.
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1259
Upper Serangoon Road, Singapore 534795
Nativity Church |
area to eat food |
v The Lutheran
King of Glory Church in
Norris Road, serves free meals every Sunday to Indian workers Tamil service.
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9 Norris Rd, Singapore 208252
Church Building |
Food making by volunteers |
v Buddha Tooth Relic
Temple.
This Buddhist temple at South Bridge Road provides free meal from 12.30pm to
6.30pm every day.
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288 S Bridge Rd Singapore 058840
Type of Food |
v Thye Hua Kwan Moral
Society. They have meal centres in
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Toa Payoh (Blk 31 #01-663 Lor 5)
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Telok Blangah (Blk 3, #01-504)
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MacPherson (Blk 90, #01-103, Pipit Road).
Cutting of veg's |
Food |
v Care Corner Seniors
Activities Center. Serves free breakfast, lunch and afternoon tea for senior citizens.
(http://www.carecorner.org.sg)
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The Centre at Toa Payoh, Lor 7 Blk 5 #01-131
Take care of Seniors |
Food Type |
v Sutha Restaurant :-This restaurant at
Cuff Road provides free breakfast (from 7am to 9am) and dinner on weekdays only
and lunch on Sundays. This is for stranded Indian workers in Singapore whose
beds are the concrete walkways along Cuff Road. These distressed migrants are
abandoned by their employees after their work injury or they are duped by the
agents. To qualify for the free food, participants are asked to show a Special
Pass (a govt-issued document, which means they do not have a work permit) or
evidence that they are injured / have a case pending (a letter from a doctor/lawyer
plus a work permit). It is funded by the Transient Workers Count Too (TWC2)
together with One Singapore.
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8 Cuff Rd, Singapore 209729
Food type |
Restaurant |
v Lamesa Restaurant. The TWC2 provides free
dinner for Bangladeshi at Lamea restaurant at Desker Road. (http://www.twc2.org.sg)
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18 DESKER ROAD Rochor Singapore 209556
Food type |
v ACMI:- A Catholic humanitarian group called the Archdiocesan Commission for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People or ACMI, feeds migrant workers three times a week. The site is beside the Church of the immaculate heart of Mary (http://www.catholic.org.sg/acmi/soupkitchen.htm).
· No 2, Highland Road
ACMI food court |
Food Donation |
v YWCA. Their meals-on-wheels for Elderly distributes free lunches to
needy, frail and homebound senior citizens
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Banda Street
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Bukit Merah View
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Cantonment Road
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Holland Road
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Lengkok Bahru
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Mei Ling Street
Food Donation |
Food Type |
v Their Meals-on-wheels for Children program provides
free dinner for children from Low-income families who are schooling in Zhangde
Primary School for more information on the meals-on-wheels program, please
contact Ms Celest Ling at 6223 1227.
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New Town Primary School
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Queenstown Primary School
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Gan Eng Seng Primary School
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Beyong Social Services.
How it work |
Types of food |
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